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Mountain View City Council approves $18 million in funds for two affordable housing projects

Source: Mountain View Voice; Author: Malea Martin; The Mountain View City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to allocate more than $18 million to two all-affordable housing projects that will together add nearly 150 new units for low income residents, including some units reserved for those who are […]

Celebrating AVi at Olde Town’s grand opening

New affordable housing community opens in Olde Town Arvada by: Samantha Spitz Source: KDVR ARVADA, Colo. (KDVR) — A new affordable housing community located in the heart of Olde Town Arvada is now complete. AVi at Olde Town features 100 one-and two-bedroom units, but 30 are reserved for foster youth […]

AVi at Olde Town Arvada Becomes Home for Teens and Veterans Beginning a New Life Chapter

February 17, 2023, Arvada, CO Source: Milender White AVi at Olde Town held a Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting celebration on February  15th to welcome new residents to Arvada’s newest affordable housing development and community resource. AVi features a total of 100 new affordable one- and two-bedroom units.  Thirty […]

Rising from the ashes: A new beginning for Journey’s End Mobile Home Park

Community Resilience and Disaster Recovery in Northern California Five years after the Tubbs Fire February 15, 2023 Source: SF FED In October 2017, the Tubbs Fire devastated 36,807 acres of Napa and Sonoma Counties in northern California, including 2,834 homes, mostly located in the city of Santa Rosa. The […]

Pleasanton council approves major components of Stoneridge Mall redevelopment framework

Source: Pleasanton Weekly; Author: Christian Trujano Up to 1,170 housing units initially allocated as part of converting mall to mixed-use site Pleasanton city officials have advanced the policy framework for redeveloping Stoneridge Shopping Center property into a mix of uses including significant housing units. (Weekly file photo) The […]

Mountain View planning commission unanimously supports Terra Bella affordable housing project

If approved by the City Council, the project could break ground as early as next year, city says Source: Mountain View Voice; Author: Malea Martin A rendering of the proposed affordable housing development on Terra Bella Avenue in Mountain View. Rendering courtesy Alta Housing.   Alta Housing’s 108-unit, 100% affordable […]

Half Moon Bay needs more homes for farmworkers. Experts blame an ‘anti-housing constituency’

Source: San Francisco Chronicle; Author: J. K. Dineen The 9,000-square-foot lot at 555 Kelly St. in Half Moon Bay is not much to look at. On the edge of downtown, across from a Boys & Girls Club, it features a small house and a parking lot shaded by […]

No mall is an island: how Gwinnett County plans to improve mobility as it redevelops site

Source: Bisnow; Author: John Krukowski Courtesy of Gwinnett Place CID A rendering shows the proposed transformation of Ring Road to accommodate pedestrians, bikes and cars for the Global Villages development. A new strategic plan to revitalize the nearly vacant Gwinnett Place Mall is being hailed as a potential economic boon […]

News Palo Alto school board approves 29-units of subsidized staff housing

Source: Palo Alto Online; Author: Zoe Morgan Members sign off on spending $1.45 million to participate in project   Santa Clara County's proposal for 231 Grant Ave. calls for 110 apartments for teachers and other employees of area school districts. Rendering by Van Meter Williams Pollack LLC.   Years in […]

Pleasanton moving to allow hundreds of homes at Stoneridge Mall

Source: San Francisco Business Times; Author: Sarah Klearman Pleasanton is moving to rezone 18 acres within the 75-acre Stoneridge Mall, pictured here, for housing.   Under state pressure to build more housing, the city of Pleasanton is moving to allow upward of 1,000 homes at city’s flagship retail […]

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